Education
Richards was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1882.
Richards was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1882.
He was curate of Street Paul"s Truro then vicar of Street Mark’s Remuera. In 1895 he became Warden of Selwyn College, Otago. Later he was Archdeacon of Invercargill, a post he held for 11 years before being appointed Bishop of Dunedin.
Richards played five first-class matches for Auckland in the 1890s.